Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] backports: add igb driver

[Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>]

On 01/29/2014 10:18 AM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
> This is a patchset for inclusion of the Intel igb wired ethernet driver.
> Patches are split per kernel release that makes it easier to review
> the changes and gives a nice history of what was necessary for each
> release. Also the igb driver changes have been split up into individual
> patches in patches/collateral-evolutions/network/84-ethernet. This and
> file names are up for discussion, suggestions welcome.
> 
> v2:
> Instead of backporting struct ethtool_ops the code in igb has been
> wrapped in if LINUX_VERSION_CODE statements. This will result in higher
> maintenance because of conflicts with future upstream igb changes but it
> seems there's no better solution so far.
> The patches in patches/collateral-evolutions/network/84-ethernet have
> been kept separate but with a leading number to make sure they get
> applied in the correct order.
> The code that activates igb has been pushed to the end of the series to
> not break any bisecting.
> v3:
> Use original struct ptp_clock and handle ptp_clock_register() with a
> define. Also removed unused function warnings by wrapping the code
> in if LINUX_VERSION_CODE statements.
> v4:
> Add several LINUX_BACKPORT defines to prevent possible clashes with
> distro backports. Patches rebased and tested against next-20140124.
> 

Thank you Stefan for the patches.

I applied them with some changes. backports did not compile on some
older kernels, because include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h was missing there.
I also fixed some problems on CentOS 6.5 and Suse SLES 11 SP3. Some
strutes that are not used were removed too.

Hauke